Health IT Security March 14, 2024
Individuals impacted by these healthcare data breaches at hospitals and other entities are encouraged to monitor account statements and credit reports for suspicious activity.
As of the first week of March, 116 healthcare data breaches have been reported to the HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR) in 2024, impacting over 13 million individuals. The most common breach types were hacking and IT incidents at healthcare systems across the United States.
In the following article, HealthITSecurity highlights some of the bigger breaches reported to OCR this month.
UNITE HERE
In February, labor union UNITE HERE reported a data security incident that may affect the privacy of information of members of certain local unions and health funds. The organization became aware on...